Durban panchang, 17 January 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 21:27 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 17:15
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:59 to 05:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:15 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:26
- Karana Bava until 13:13, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 13:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 09:15
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:15 – 05:13 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:15 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:12 – 06:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:01 Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 07:22 Capricorn
- 07:22 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:59 Pisces
- 11:59 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 23:13 Virgo
- 23:13 – 00:47 next day Libra
- 00:47 – 02:42 next day Scorpio
- 02:42 – 04:57 next day Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 05:13 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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